Jun-LookingOutwards-2

Rotation Recurtion Tree (ArtBotHack): https://openprocessing.orgsketch/108420

What originally made me curious about this piece was because it came from the OpenProcessing collection “Simple (but not simple)”. This one uses recursion to create beautiful images. From afar, they look like complex lace/embroidery patterns. I actually haven’t really considered using recursion for visual appeal much, so this would be something interesting to think about for a while. Colors here would have also been nice, but I understand keeping it as simple as possible as its appeal too. Only down side is that images produced are better for viewing from afar or small, since looking at the image in detail reveals awkwardly terminating line segments.

magnet-ink (Giovanni Carlo Mingati): https://openprocessing.orgsketch/765
I quite like this one. The interactivity is well-done, and the colors and the way particles come together create very beautiful images. It’s like playing with auroras. Simplicity of the code is also impressive (noted need-to-study-and-patch-up-own-skills).I just don’t like the downward motion/gravity of the dust very much, but I don’t think it’s too significant of a change. With gravity, it’s just dust. Without gravity, it would be like space dust.

USphHarmonics01 (Marius Watz): https://openprocessing.orgsketch/64705
3-D modeling of a series of wave functions. The colors come together nicely and images produced look like attractive flowers. I think this is a good combination of simple math and visual aesthetics. Code seems very short and simple but imports a lot of things, hmm, so I’m actually not sure what is going on here or what the curves are.